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Liberty in the Form of the Goddess of Youth: Giving support to the Bald Eagle Painting by Abijah Canfield 1800, Gouche on Glass
View the painting and answer the questions below it:
1. What images or symbols do you see in the painting that represents the United States of America?
2. How would you describe Canfield’s depiction of the bald eagle and Liberty? What details do you find most interesting?
3. What techniques does Canfield use to suggest that the future looks positive for the new nation?
4. What do you think is the significance of Liberty offering a symbolic drink from a goblet to the bald eagle?
5. What might have been the artist’s reason for portraying Liberty as the Goddess of Youth?
6. What does the painting indicate about the nature of the American Dream around 1800?
7. Do you think Patrick Henry would have considered the painting to be a persuasive illustration for his arguments before the Virginia Convention? Why or why not?
8. In what way does the painting indicate that Liberty’s feet are guided by “the lamp of experience” as Henry claims his are?
9. How might the painting represent Henry’s hopes?
Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of the period, students will be able to...
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- What is rationalism?
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Agenda
Daily Learning Log- Pass out at beginning of class.
1. What images or symbols do you see in the painting that represents the United States of America?
2. How would you describe Canfield’s depiction of the bald eagle and Liberty? What details do you find most interesting?
3. What techniques does Canfield use to suggest that the future looks positive for the new nation?
4. What do you think is the significance of Liberty offering a symbolic drink from a goblet to the bald eagle?
5. What might have been the artist’s reason for portraying Liberty as the Goddess of Youth?
6. What does the painting indicate about the nature of the American Dream around 1800?
7. Do you think Patrick Henry would have considered the painting to be a persuasive illustration for his arguments before the Virginia Convention? Why or why not?
8. In what way does the painting indicate that Liberty’s feet are guided by “the lamp of experience” as Henry claims his are?
9. How might the painting represent Henry’s hopes?